The congruence between two configurations of points quantifies their similarity. The configurations to be compared are, in general, produced by factor analytic methods which decompose an “observations by variables” data matrix and produce one set of factor scores for the observations and one set of factor scores (i.e., the “loadings”) for the variables. The congruence between two sets of factor...

ion made from these limitations and weaknesses, independently from the form administered, lavender oil seems to positively influence anxiety and stress-related restlessness. However, the peroral use of lavender oil cannot be accepted as well-established use, as the essential factors to be taken into account in order to establish a well-established medicinal use (according to Annex I of Directiv...

This paper proposes a context‐minimal range of alternative regression models that is used to generate a range of alternative estimates. If the range of estimates for a regression coefficient excludes zero, the sign of the coefficient is judged to be sturdy. The proposed measure of sturdiness is the s‐value, which is the average of the minimum and maximum of the estimates divided by their dif...